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defendant, donald trump has to get himself dressed and in the car, so he can get to his new job in lower manhattan at the criminal courthouse, where he has to be in the courtroom by 9:30 a.m. as a criminal defendant. that is very tough, and a very tough work day for the laziest president in history. very tough way to start his day. before he entered the courtroom today to observe the selection of jurors who will decide if his payoff scheme to porn star stormy daniels was criminal, donald trump testified about the evidence in the case. not under oath, of course, but into the microphones into the awaiting news media. >> i was paid a lawyer, and marked it down as a legal expense. i didn't know. marked down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was and you get indicted over that. check it out, legal expenses. nobody has ever seen anything like it. so thank you very much for coming. now we need to sit down in the wee hours. >> the last line there now is we are going to sit down for many hours. he meant that as hard work. that's hard work for donald trump, sitting down for many hours. that's not ea
defendant, donald trump has to get himself dressed and in the car, so he can get to his new job in lower manhattan at the criminal courthouse, where he has to be in the courtroom by 9:30 a.m. as a criminal defendant. that is very tough, and a very tough work day for the laziest president in history. very tough way to start his day. before he entered the courtroom today to observe the selection of jurors who will decide if his payoff scheme to porn star stormy daniels was criminal, donald trump...
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if you want to say, there's only 85,000 voters in manhattan, which there are, that's how many you got, and they were all busy, so no one could come down, well okay, what about the entire state of utah or alabama? it was legal to protest. you could have a little march in alabama or a giant one. all those trumpeters in alabama or idaho, nowhere. not one place in the country was there a trumpeter who decided to say, i will get up from my desk or my sofa and get out there publicly, and protest this outrage in manhattan. >> and i mean, i feel like this is an important news moment, and i saw your post, the picture you took of this today, i was very happy that you posted, i feel like there is a bias like a law of physics, it's not even a political thing at all, but in the news business, you never report on the dog that didn't bark. right? you never report on the thing didn't happen but in this case, there is something observable which did happen, which is, trump spending the last year, promising that the country would be brought to its knees by trump supporters turning out in numbers, with m
if you want to say, there's only 85,000 voters in manhattan, which there are, that's how many you got, and they were all busy, so no one could come down, well okay, what about the entire state of utah or alabama? it was legal to protest. you could have a little march in alabama or a giant one. all those trumpeters in alabama or idaho, nowhere. not one place in the country was there a trumpeter who decided to say, i will get up from my desk or my sofa and get out there publicly, and protest this...
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so if you want to say there is only 85,000 trump voters in manhattan, which they are, that is how many he got and they were all busy, so none of them could come down, or you know, okay. what about the entire state of utah? what about alabama? you could have a little march in alabama or a giant one. of all those trump voters in alabama or idaho, nowhere, not one place in the country was there a trump boater who decided to say i am going to get up from my desk or my sofa and get out there publicly and protest this outrage in manhattan. >> i mean, i feel like this is an important news moment. i saw your post, the picture, i saw you when you posted that online. i feel like there is a bias, like a law of physics. it is not even a political thing, but in the news b business, you never report on the dog that did not bark. you never report on the thing that did not happen, but in this case, there is something observable that did happen, which is trump spending the last year promising that the country would be brought to its knees by trump supporters turning out in numbers with militants that y
so if you want to say there is only 85,000 trump voters in manhattan, which they are, that is how many he got and they were all busy, so none of them could come down, or you know, okay. what about the entire state of utah? what about alabama? you could have a little march in alabama or a giant one. of all those trump voters in alabama or idaho, nowhere, not one place in the country was there a trump boater who decided to say i am going to get up from my desk or my sofa and get out there...
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trump's first criminal trial, nbc news getting some reporting that 6000 jurors will be subpoenaed from manhattan criminal court. more than 1500 for monday, now, this is not just for trump's trial, but because a lot of people don't report for jury duty they are still saying that they think 500 will appear on any given day, so think about that. >> casting a wide net in this city of hours, katie. >> wow. >> it is going to be an interesting process, which we will be covering in detail next week. >> thanks, alex, i appreciate everything. >> have a great show. >> thanks. >>> donald trump's last ditch effort to avoid accountability tonight. bi trump will appear in court on monday as we just talked about with alex, as jury selection gets underway in the first criminal trial against a former president in the history of the united states. in the first of his four criminal cases and four just different jurisdictions, donald trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide hush money payments that he made to cover up affairs, and that he had ahead of the 2016 election. today, th
trump's first criminal trial, nbc news getting some reporting that 6000 jurors will be subpoenaed from manhattan criminal court. more than 1500 for monday, now, this is not just for trump's trial, but because a lot of people don't report for jury duty they are still saying that they think 500 will appear on any given day, so think about that. >> casting a wide net in this city of hours, katie. >> wow. >> it is going to be an interesting process, which we will be covering in...
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. >>> imagine you are one of the hundreds of people in new york and manhattan who got your jury duty notice and are asked to assemble monday morning at 10:00 a.m. on a courtroom where the jury and the case of the people versus trump will be tried. after you take your seat in the jury pool, judge juan merchan will describe the case summary. in exactly these words. the defendant donald trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. the allegations are in substance, that donald trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election, specifically, it is alleged that donald trump made or caused false business records to hide the true nature of payments made to michael cohen by characterizing them as payment for legal services rendered pursuant to a legal retainer. it is alleged the payments were intended to reimburse michael cohen for payment he paid to stephanie clifford also known as stormy daniels in the weeks before the presidential election to prevent her from publicly revealing
. >>> imagine you are one of the hundreds of people in new york and manhattan who got your jury duty notice and are asked to assemble monday morning at 10:00 a.m. on a courtroom where the jury and the case of the people versus trump will be tried. after you take your seat in the jury pool, judge juan merchan will describe the case summary. in exactly these words. the defendant donald trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. the allegations are...
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jury selection remains scheduled monday morning in manhattan. joinings us now is adam who was in the courtroom today and who will be in the courtroom every day for us at the trump trial beginning next week. harry litman is with us. former u.s. attorney and deputy attorney general. he is the senior legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. and adam, you are in the room with defendant weisselberg. but there is nothing quite like seeing someone walk into a courtroom, then handcuffed and dragged off to rikers island. >> he was certainly dressed for the occasion. he arrived knowing the sentence was baked in. it was going to be a five month sentence and he went into court dressed in loose fitting athletic wear. dark colored. you would think he was already in his prison uniform. so this hearing was two minutes long. the reason i ended the recording with that's it, that was the pace of it. there was just a quick exchange with the judge. he wanted to say as little as possible and he did. and headed for his second stint at rikers. >> what do you
jury selection remains scheduled monday morning in manhattan. joinings us now is adam who was in the courtroom today and who will be in the courtroom every day for us at the trump trial beginning next week. harry litman is with us. former u.s. attorney and deputy attorney general. he is the senior legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. and adam, you are in the room with defendant weisselberg. but there is nothing quite like seeing someone walk into a courtroom, then handcuffed and...
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jury selection remains scheduled for monday, morning in manhattan. joining us now is adam klasfeld, who was in the courtroom today, and who will be in the courtroom every day for us at the trump trial, beginning next week. he's a fellow at the justice security and harry littman is with us, former deputy assistant attorney general, the senior legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. adam, you're in the room with defendant weisselberg, you've been in the room before, but there's nothing quite like seeing someone walk into a courtroom, a free man, a free citizen, and then handcuffed and dragged off to rikers island. what was that moment like? >> allen weisselberg was certainly dressed for the occasion, by which i mean he arrived knowing the sentence was baked in, it was going to be a five month sentence, and he went into court dressed in loosefitting athletic wear, dark-colored, you would think that he was already in his prison uniform, although it got a little bit of an upgrade. so this hearing was two minutes long, and that moment, the reaso
jury selection remains scheduled for monday, morning in manhattan. joining us now is adam klasfeld, who was in the courtroom today, and who will be in the courtroom every day for us at the trump trial, beginning next week. he's a fellow at the justice security and harry littman is with us, former deputy assistant attorney general, the senior legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. adam, you're in the room with defendant weisselberg, you've been in the room before, but there's nothing...
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judge cynthia kern rejected donald trump's latest request to stop his upcoming criminal trial in manhattan. trump's lawyers argued that the gag order violated his fifth and sixth amendment rights and prevents donald trump from attacking jurors, witnesses, including porn star stormy daniels and michael cohen. or family members of the judge or the attorney. joining our discussion now is harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and attorney general. he is is senior affairs columnist for the times. it looks like there is nothing between us and jury selection starting on monday at this point. >> it sure looks that way. and notwithstanding trump's flailing efforts. he seems to be a fly on fly paper, the judge, the appellate division are all onto him. of course, other defendants may have bottoms below which they won't go, of shame or outrage or dishonesty, they don't apply to trump. so, there are truly outlandish over the top stunts. he might yet try. he might fall ill. he might fire his counsel. he might cause a spectacle trying to force a mistrial. all those things are within his can as we have see
judge cynthia kern rejected donald trump's latest request to stop his upcoming criminal trial in manhattan. trump's lawyers argued that the gag order violated his fifth and sixth amendment rights and prevents donald trump from attacking jurors, witnesses, including porn star stormy daniels and michael cohen. or family members of the judge or the attorney. joining our discussion now is harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and attorney general. he is is senior affairs columnist for the times. it...
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appeals court judge kearn rejected donald trump's latest request to stop his up coming criminal trial in manhattan this time over his attempt to overturn the gag order against him. the lawyers argued the gag order violated his fifth and sixth amendment rights it prevents donald trump from attacking jurors and witnesses or family members of the judge or the district attorney. a five-judge panel of new york's appellate division will review judge kearn's decision and that won't happen until jury selection is already under way in the case beginning monday. joining us is harry lipman a former u.s. attorney and senior legal affairs columnist for the "los angeles times." harry, it looks like there is nothing between us and jury selection starting on monday at this point? >> it sure looks that way. and not withstanding trump's flailing efforts over the last few days he seems to be a fly on fly paper who the judge, the appellate division as you said are all on to him. of course, other defendants may have bottoms below which they won't go of shame or outrage or dishonesty. they don't apply to trump. there a
appeals court judge kearn rejected donald trump's latest request to stop his up coming criminal trial in manhattan this time over his attempt to overturn the gag order against him. the lawyers argued the gag order violated his fifth and sixth amendment rights it prevents donald trump from attacking jurors and witnesses or family members of the judge or the district attorney. a five-judge panel of new york's appellate division will review judge kearn's decision and that won't happen until jury...
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this next monday night, we will be talking about what happened in jury selection today in manhattan. we also had the jack smith brief to the supreme court on the immunity claim by donald trump and you know, rachel, i've got to say, as legalistic as it is, it makes a lot of sense, this jack smith argument that no, the founders never said presidents can commit any crimes they want to. >> and, if they can commit any crimes, maybe the one they really can't commit is [ inaudible ] i will say, jack smith's filings never disappoint for the nonlawyers among us, including you and me, i always find his filings to be very plain english, very readable and straight to the point. >> yes, they are the best legal reading you could ask for, for a couple of reasons. the clarity, the simplicity of concept that is constantly being delivered, then the huge import of it all. every time you read one, you know you are holding history in your hands. >> exactly. well done. >> thank you, rachel. >>> for donald trump's entire life before becoming a politician, he was a strong, strong supporter of abortion, verg
this next monday night, we will be talking about what happened in jury selection today in manhattan. we also had the jack smith brief to the supreme court on the immunity claim by donald trump and you know, rachel, i've got to say, as legalistic as it is, it makes a lot of sense, this jack smith argument that no, the founders never said presidents can commit any crimes they want to. >> and, if they can commit any crimes, maybe the one they really can't commit is [ inaudible ] i will say,...
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donald trump or anyone in his family, that's question number 28 that you will be asked if you are in the manhattan jury pool for donald trump's first trial beginning one week from today. question 20 9a, have you are a relative or close friend ever worked or volunteered for a trump presidential campaign, the trump presidential administration or any other entity associated with mr. trump. have you ever attended a campaign or rally event for donald trump? have you, relative or close friend ever worked or volunteered for any anti-trump group or organization. 20 9h, do you follow any anti- trump group or organization or have you done so in the past and question 30, have you ever considered yourself a supporter of or belonged to any of the following, the qanon movement, proud boys, oath keepers, three percenters or antifa. joyce, this list of potential questions for trump jurors has questions that we've never seen before. >> you know, some of these questions are very specific to this trial but really, lawrence, anyone who's been involved in jury service will find these questions to be very familiar. the
donald trump or anyone in his family, that's question number 28 that you will be asked if you are in the manhattan jury pool for donald trump's first trial beginning one week from today. question 20 9a, have you are a relative or close friend ever worked or volunteered for a trump presidential campaign, the trump presidential administration or any other entity associated with mr. trump. have you ever attended a campaign or rally event for donald trump? have you, relative or close friend ever...